Re: [Boost-build] [boost] Building Boost 1.69 with Visual Studio 1.69

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [boost] Building Boost 1.69 with Visual Studio 1.69
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-03-26 15:23:58

AMDG

On 3/26/19 9:13 AM, Paul A. Bristow via Boost-build wrote:
>> <snip>
> Sadly, hoping it would 'Just work', as others suggested  with user-config.jam
> 
> using msvc : 14.1 ;
> using msvc : 14.2 ;
> 
> didn't work for me.  The log looked confused about both cl.exe and vsvarsall.bat.
> 

It should work if you're using current git.

> (I did a --clean and --reconfigure first to make sure)
> 
> So, taking Steven's advice, I have now specified both compilers and both setups in my user-config.jam thus:
> 
> <snip>
>  An extract from the log (zip attached) from this command is not quite as I would expect with a confusing/confused warning.
> <snip>
> 
> Automatically finding msvc cl.exe and specifying it colliding?
> 

I suspect so.  There were some wacky bugs that I recently fixed.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe